Impact of Tooth Loss and Denture on Oral Senses and Food Preferences

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Conditions studied: Tooth-loss

In brief

Tooth loss impacts taste abilities and food intake. Present study aims at pertaining the impact of teeth loss and the replacement by means of complete denture on taste and trigeminal abilities, and on food preferences, and taste appetence.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04281056

Run by

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

People needed

40

Starts

2022-03-16

Expected to finish

2027-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Study Group : being completely edentulous and wearing denture for at least one year, wearing denture during meals, with clean and stable dentures. Controls:
• controls Group : dentate subjects (25 teeth at leas, non endodontically treated) with molars in Angle's Class I occlusion, having no functional disturbance of mastication and not undergoing dental treatment at the time of the recording. Matched with subjects of the study group for age, sex, tabacco consumption, and saliva flow rate.

You may not qualify if…

• Aged under 18 or over 80 Y,
• not consenting to participate
• suffering from dental
• periodontal or gum pain for the last month.

Where it is running

• Service odontologie Hôpital Rothschild — Paris, France (enrolling)

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